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SKO*New Photos Up!

Beijing Melodic Punk

About Me

BIOGRAPHY

Beijing melodic punk band SKO was formed in summer 2003 in Beijing, China. They has been playing fast, powerful, and fun punk rock such as Green Day, Blink-182, Good Charlotte, New Found Glory, Bowling For Soup, Allister.
In October 2004, they won the "BEST BAND AWARDS" in the BATTLE OF THE BANDS hosted by well-known soft drink brand "KANG SHIFU"(Master Kang). In September 2005, They shared the stage with Ian Brown(ex-the Stone Roses), Common(American Hip-hop legend) and other famous artists in Beijing annual international rock event "BEIJING POP FESTIVAL 2005" which had 10,000 audience.
After playing many shows in Beijing and other cities around China, SKO is having more chances to feature in several huge music festival. In May 2006, they played in "BEIJING CHAOYANG POP MUSIC FESTIVAL" with some local pop stars in Chaoyang Park Beijing, before about 15,000 audience. In October 2006, they were on the line-up in "BEIJING BEER ROCK FESTIVAL" and shared the stage with Chinese rock idols like Zheng Jun, Xu Wei and other great bands like Brain Failure and played before 10,000 people. In December 2006, SKO got sponsored by international instrument brand GIBSON.
In January 2007, SKO was invited to play in "INTERNATIONAL RED BULL SNOWBORAD OPEN 2007" in Nanshan Beijing. In April, SKO played as supporting act for punk legend NOFX Asia tour in Beijing. After many media explosion and shows, SKO starts to get international focus. In June, SKO released single "THE DAY YOU RAN AWAY" in "PUNK ROCK SOUNDTRACKS VOL. 5". This compilation is released in Japan by famous indie label KICK ROCK MUSIC. In Semtember, SKO played at "BEIJING POP FESTIVAL 2007" and shared stage with NINE INCH NAILS, PUBLIC ENEMY, MARKY RAMONE, NEW YORK DOLLS, BRETT ANDERSON and more. It's their first time playing before 20,000 people. On October 12th, SKO released their 1st DEMO ALBUM "DIY"(10 songs)and played ONE-MAN gig in Beijing, 300 tickets sold on the release party. From October and November, SKO played their first China tour including 22 cities all over China.
In January 2008, SKO played for "INTERNATIONAL RED BULL SNOWBORAD OPEN 2008" in Nanshan Beijing. In April, SKO toured with UK pop punk band 3 STOREYS HIGH in China.

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Member Since: 2/23/2006
Band Website: skosko.com
Band Members:


Billy - Vocals/Guitar


Hao Mengyu - Bass/Vocals


Zhang Weixun - Drums


Niya - Guitar/Vocals


Influences:
SKO live @ Wuhan VOX (3 STOREYS HIGH China Tour) 2008/4/25


SKO & Brain Failure's vocal Xiao Rong - Coming down to BEIJING(Brain Failure Cover) 2007/10/12 @ MAO livehouse,SKO album release party


SKO - You Always Will Be Mine 2007/4/13 @ the Star Live, NOFX Beijing Concert

DISCOGRAPHY

DIY
demo album
2007/10/12
HotPot Music HPM-001

1.Ever Lose Never Mind
2.The World of You and Me
3.Hey You
4.You Always Will Be Mine
5.Bad Girl
6.I Miss You
7.Let's Go
8.Qing
9.The Day You Ran Away
10.When The Sunshine Comes

Punk Rock Sound Tracks Vol.5
V.A.
2007/6/20
Kick Rock Music(Japan) EKRM-1069

The Day You Ran Away

SKO SUPPORTED BY

SKO RELATED SITE


Sounds Like:

BANDS WE HAVE TOURED/PLAYED WITH:

NOFX

Marky Ramone & the Queers

3 Storeys High

Brain Failure

King Lychee

and more...

CONTACT US

Booking/Management:
Paul Huang@HotPot Music([email protected])


Record Label: HotPot Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SKOs New Interview![08/6/13]

Famouse Hong Kong digital magazine ORANGE MELODY recently interviewed SKO. Now the interview is online! pls check the link below! http://www.orangemelody.com/Feature.aspx?pk=66 ...
Posted by SKO*New Photos Up! on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:43:00 PST

New photos up![08/6/03]

it's a long long time since we updated our blog last time.haha...we are all lazy guys. check the pictures to see more our new photos: 3 storeys high tour, DIY tour last year and more.... PEACE SKO...
Posted by SKO*New Photos Up! on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:42:00 PST

SOME PIX FROM DOWNTOWN ROCK N ROLL PARTY @ COOL MUSIC HOUSE, JULY 28,2007

SOME PIC FROM DOWNTOWN ROCK N ROLL PARTY @ COOL MUSIC HOUSE, JULY 28,2007 photo by PaulRock                           &nb...
Posted by SKO*New Photos Up! on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:24:00 PST

SKO'S MySpace over 3000 views!

our myspace is over 3000 views! that's great! a ton of thanx to our supporters! we love you!
Posted by SKO*New Photos Up! on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:27:00 PST

SKO on ROCK magazine Aug issue!

SKO is featuring on ROCK magazine(in Chinese,Tong Su Ge Qu) Aug issue. Just buy one and check out the article. Cover of the magazine is here: http://www.skosko.com/image/tsgq0608.jpg  ...
Posted by SKO*New Photos Up! on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:05:00 PST

Photos Update!

just check out our photos,you can see more live pix!
Posted by SKO*New Photos Up! on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:03:00 PST

SKO on QMoon Net Radio on Mar 30!

Hey!Hey!Hey! Sko will be on QMoon Net Radio on Mar 30! we are invited to a program called "ChenPi VIP". and Qmoon Net Radio is a very good net radio for the students. so come on and listen t...
Posted by SKO*New Photos Up! on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:04:00 PST

SKO brand new roster's 1st show is coming!

wow!first blog on myspace,so excited! any way,the brand new roster of SKO will officially live in PUNKCN.COM's anniversary show! that will be a fantastic show! you know Reflecor/Joyside/End of the Wor...
Posted by SKO*New Photos Up! on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:49:00 PST